'To give someone the burden of a plant can be a wonderful way to honour a friendship — unless it’s an orchid. Remove anyone from your life who gives you an orchid' on.ft.com/4dJgGVJ

Medici, Carnegie, Guggenheim — the passionate collector is a dying breed. In their place? The interior designer. on.ft.com/3X0vLNk

There are mountains of 'unloved' stone offcuts sitting in UK quarries. Could they replace traditional clay bricks in housebuilding? on.ft.com/3YY08W7

'Ripped Asbo seagulls' or misunderstood creatures? on.ft.com/4fF9fAI

At home with Charlotte Semler, at the house she built on the coastal idyll of her childhood summers on.ft.com/46ICjDx

When São Paulo’s Modernist architectural legacy is 'fast disappearing under a carpet of new apartment blocks', annual event 'Aberto' aims to showcase these incredible interiors on.ft.com/3StANPp

Jonathan Guthrie's Nature Therapy column is back! This week: a defence of the humble seagull on.ft.com/4dCxUE3

When São Paulo’s Modernist architectural legacy is 'fast disappearing under a carpet of new apartment blocks', annual event 'Aberto' aims to showcase these incredible interiors on.ft.com/3SBZTvQ

'A bright blue pool might look enticing in the heat of an Ibizan summer but it jars with the British countryside' on.ft.com/4dtO82k

Haven't been invited to a mate's house party for a while? This might be the reason. on.ft.com/3YtAGHq

'Most of it is a complete waste of time. Anyone who tells you otherwise is probably trying to sell you something' on.ft.com/3ydELVP

Buying agents say more homebuyers in the sub-£1mn market are turning to the professionals. Is it money well spent? on.ft.com/4c8fj1D

One of the longest-serving foreign business leaders in China spoke to the FT about his love of Chinese art and antiques, witnessing the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre, and speaking truth to power on.ft.com/46tsCsg

'The region smells like conifers. Pine and spruce and balsam. Wild flowers. Driftwood. Game. Clean air': @LizMooreBooks on her cabin in the Adironacks on.ft.com/4bXKM6P

ICYMI: @emmavj spoke to parents, psychologists and lawyers about 'birdnesting'. Is the living arrangement a source of stability — or prolonged pain? on.ft.com/4bS4LDM

Wwe paid a visit to Rana Begum's enigmatic home-studio, overlooking the dramatic wilds of Abney Park cemetery in London on.ft.com/3Weh5IA

'I have closets full of stories that are not my own': Jazz Charton grapples with the fate of inherited family trinkets on.ft.com/4d7HYor

Patrick Grant's mission to restore a lost garden begins with two pigs, Hazel and Acorn, to help clear the jungle on.ft.com/4d5NYy2

For divorcing parents, is 'birdnesting' a brilliant transitional arrangement that gives children stability — or a living nightmare that just prolongs the agony for everyone? on.ft.com/3ycYtAH

Some say 'birdnesting' — keeping the children in the family home while their separated parents swap in and out — offers continuity at a time of upheaval; for others, it prolongs the pain of a marital split on.ft.com/46axsdM